THE COASTAL AQUACULTURE AUTHORITY ACT, 2005 
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS 
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CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

SECTIONS 

1.  Short title and commencement.  
2.  Definitions.  

CHAPTER II 

GENERAL POWERS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

3.  Power of Central Government to take measures to protect environment.  

CHAPTER III 

THE COASTAL AQUACULTURE AUTHORITY  

4.  Establishment of Authority and appointment of Chairperson and members.  
5.  Disqualifications for appointment as member.  
6.  Eligibility of member for reappointment.  
7.  Meetings of Authority.  
8.  Vacancy in Authority not to invalidate proceeding.  
9.  Appointment of officers, consultants and other employees of Authority.  
10.  Authentication of orders and other instruments of Authority.  

CHAPTER IV 

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF AUTHORITY 

11.  Functions of Authority.  
12.  Power to enter.  
13.  Registration for coastal aquaculture.  
14.  Punishment for carrying on coastal aquaculture without registration.  
15.  Cognizance of offence.  

CHAPTER V 

FINANACE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

16.  Payment to Authority.  
17.  Fund of Authority.  
18.  Budget.  
19.  Annual report.  
20.  Accounts and audit.  

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CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

SECTIONS 

21.  Chairperson  and  other  members,  officers  and  other  employees  of  Authority,  etc.,  to  be  public 

servants.  

22.  Protection of action taken in good faith.  
23.  Power to remove difficulties.  
24.  Power of Central Government to make rules.  
25.  Power of Authority to make regulations.  
26.  Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.  
27.  Validation.  

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THE COASTAL AQUACULTURE AUTHORITY ACT, 2005 

ACT NO. 24 OF 2005 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  establishment  of  a  Coastal  Aquaculture  Authority  for  regulating  the 
activities connected with coastal aquaculture in  the coastal areas and  for  matters connected 
therewith or incidental thereto. 
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:— 

[23rd June, 2005.] 

CHAPTER I 

PRELIMINARY 

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Coastal Aquaculture Authority 

Act, 2005. 

(2) Provisions of section 27 shall come into force at once and the remaining provisions of this Act 
shall  come  into  force  on  such  date1  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official 
Gazette, appoint. 

2. Definitions.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a)  “Authority”  means  the  Coastal  Aquaculture  Authority  established  under  sub-section  (1)  of 

section 4; 

(b) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority; 
(c) “coastal aquaculture” means culturing, under controlled conditions in ponds, pens, enclosures 
or  otherwise,  in  coastal  areas,  of  shrimp,  prawn,  fish  or  any  other  aquatic life in  saline  or brackish 
water; but does not include fresh water aquaculture; 

(d) “coastal area” means the area declared as the Coastal Regulation Zone, for the time being, in 
the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests (Department 
of Environment, Forests and Wildlife) No. S.O. 114(E), dated the 19th February, 1991 and includes 
such other area as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify; 

(e) “member” means the member of the Authority appointed under sub-section (3) of section 4 

and includes the Chairperson and the member-secretary; 

(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; 
(g) “regulations” means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act. 

(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Environment (Protection) 

Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act. 

CHAPTER II 

GENERAL POWERS OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT 

3.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  take  measures  to  protect  environment.—The  Central 
Government  shall  take  all  such  measures  as  it  deems  necessary  or  expedient  for  regulation  of  coastal 
aquaculture by prescribing guidelines, to ensure that coastal aquaculture does not cause any detriment to 
the coastal environment and the concept of responsible coastal aquaculture contained in  such guidelines 
shall  be  followed  in  regulating  the  coastal  aquaculture  activities  to  protect  the  livelihood  of  various 
sections of the people living in the coastal areas. 

CHAPTER III 

THE COASTAL AQUACULTURE AUTHORITY 

4. Establishment of Authority and appointment of Chairperson and members.—(1) With effect 
from  such  date  as  the  Central  Government  may,  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette,  appoint  in  this 
behalf,  there  shall  be  established  for  the  purposes  of  this  Act  an  Authority  to  be  called  the  Coastal 
Aquaculture Authority. 

1.16th December, 2005, ss. 2 to 26 (both inclusive), vide notification No. S.O. 1771(E), dated 16th December, 2005, see Gazette  

of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).  

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(2) The head office of the Authority shall be at such place as the Central Government may decide. 

(3)  The  Authority  shall  consist  of  the  following  members  who  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Central 

Government, namely:— 

(a) the Chairperson who is, or has been, a Judge of a High Court; 

(b) one member who is an expert in the field of coastal aquaculture; 

(c) one member who is an expert in the field of coastal ecology nominated by the Department of 

Ocean Development of the Central Government; 

(d)  one  member  who  is  an  expert  in  the  field  of  environment  protection  or  pollution  control 

nominated by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of the Central Government; 

(e) one member to represent the Ministry of Agriculture of the Central Government; 

(f) one member to represent the Ministry of Commerce of the Central Government; 

(g) four members to represent the coastal States on rotation basis; 

(h) one member-secretary. 

(4) The term of office of the Chairperson and every other member shall be three years. 

(5)  The  salaries  and  allowances  payable  to,  and  the  other  terms  and  conditions  of  service  of,  the 

members shall be such as may be prescribed. 

5.  Disqualifications  for  appointment  as  member.—A  person  shall  be  disqualified  for  being 

appointed as a member if he— 

(a) has been convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for an offence which, in the opinion of the 

Central Government, involves moral turpitude; or 

(b) is an undischarged insolvent; or 

(c) is of unsound mind and stands so declared by a competent court; or 

(d) has been removed or dismissed from the service of the Government or a Corporation owned 

or controlled by the Government; or 

(e) has, in the opinion of the Central Government, such financial or other interest in the Authority 

as is likely to affect prejudicially the discharge by him of his functions as a member. 

6.  Eligibility  of member for  reappointment.—Subject  to  sub-section (5) of section 4,  any  person 
ceasing  to  be  a  member  shall  be  eligible  for  reappointment  as  such  member  for  not  more  than  two 
consecutive terms. 

7. Meetings of Authority.—(1) The Authority shall meet at such times and places and shall observe 
such  rules  of  procedure  in  regard  to  the  transaction  of  business  at  its  meetings  (including  the  quorum 
thereat) as may be specified by regulations. 

(2)  If  for  any  reason  the  Chairperson  is  unable  to  attend  any  meeting  of  the  Authority  any  other 

member chosen by the members present at the meeting shall preside at the meeting. 

(3) All questions which come up before any meeting of the Authority shall be decided by a majority 
of votes of the members present and voting and in the event of an equality of votes, the Chairperson or in 
his absence the person presiding, shall have and exercise a second or casting vote. 

8. Vacancy in Authority not to invalidate proceeding.—No act or proceeding of the Authority shall 

be invalidated merely by reason of— 

(a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Authority; or 

(b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Authority; or 

(c) any irregularity in the procedure adopted by the Authority not affecting the merits of the case. 

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9. Appointment of officers, consultants and other employees of Authority.—(1) For the purposes 
of discharging its functions, the Authority shall appoint such number of officers and other employees as it 
may consider necessary on such terms and conditions as may be specified by the regulations. 

(2)  The  Authority  may  appoint,  from  time  to  time,  any  person  as  adviser  or  consultant  as  it  may 

consider necessary on such terms and conditions as may be specified by the regulations. 

10. Authentication of orders and other instruments of Authority.—All orders, decisions and other 
instruments  of  the  Authority  shall be authenticated  under  the  signature  of the  Chairperson or  any  other 
member or any officer of the Authority authorised by the Chairperson in this behalf. 

CHAPTER IV 

POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF AUTHORITY 

11. Functions of Authority.—(1) Subject to any guidelines issued by the Central Government under 
section  3,  the  Authority  shall  exercise  the  following  powers  and  perform  the  following  functions, 
namely:— 

(a) to make regulations for the construction and operation of aquaculture farms within the coastal 

areas; 

(b) to  inspect coastal  aquaculture  farms  with  a  view to  ascertaining  their  environmental  impact 

caused by coastal aquaculture; 

(c) to register coastal aquaculture farms; 

(d) to  order removal  or  demolition  of any  coastal  aquaculture farms  which  is  causing  pollution 

after hearing the occupier of the farm; and 

(e) to perform such other functions as may be prescribed. 

(2) Where the Authority orders removal or demolition of any coastal aquaculture farm under clause 
(d)  of sub-section  (1),  the workers  of  the  said  farm  shall  be  paid  such  compensation  as  may  be  settled 
between  the  workers  and  the  management  through  an  authority  consisting  of  one  person  only  to  be 
appointed by the Authority and such authority may exercise such powers of a District Magistrate for such 
purpose, as may be prescribed. 

12.  Power  to  enter.—Subject  to  any  rule  made  in  this  behalf,  any  person  generally  or  specially 
authorised by the Authority in this behalf, may, wherever it is necessary to do so for any purposes of this 
Act, at all reasonable times, enter on any coastal aquaculture land, pond, pen or enclosure and— 

(a) make any inspection, survey, measurement, valuation or inquiry; 

(b) remove or demolish any structure therein; and 

(c) do such other acts or things as may be prescribed: 

Provided  that  no  such  person  shall  enter  on  any  coastal  aquaculture  land,  pond,  pen  or  enclosure 
without giving the occupier of such aquaculture land, pond, pen or enclosure at least twenty-four hours' 
notice in writing of his intention to do so. 

13. Registration for coastal aquaculture.—(1) Save as otherwise provided in this section, no person 
shall  carry  on,  or  cause  to  be  carried  on,  coastal  aquaculture  in  coastal  area  or  traditional  coastal 
aquaculture  in  the  traditional  coastal  aquaculture  farm  which  lies  within  the  Coastal  Regulation  Zone 
referred to in sub-section (9) and is not used for coastal aquaculture purposes on the appointed day unless 
he has registered his farm with the Authority under sub-section (5) or in pursuance of sub-section (9), as 
the case may be. 

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a person engaged in coastal aquaculture, 
immediately before the appointed day, may continue to carry on such activity without such registration 
for  a  period  of  three  months  from  that  day  and  if  he  makes  an  application  for  such  registration  under           
sub-section (4) within the said period of three months, till the communication to him of the disposing of 
such application by the Authority. 

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(3) The registration made under sub-section (5) or in pursuance of sub-section (9)— 

(a) shall be valid for a period of five years; 

(b) may be renewed from time to time for a like period; and 

(c)  shall  be  in  such  form  and  shall  be  subject  to  such  conditions  as  may  be  specified  by  the 

regulations. 

(4) A person who intends to carry on coastal aquaculture shall make an application for registration of 
his  farm  before  the  Authority  in  such  form  accompanied  with  such  fees  as  may  be  prescribed  for  the 
purpose of registration under sub-section (5). 

(5) On receipt of an application for registration of a farm under sub-section (4), the Authority shall 
consider the application in the prescribed manner and after considering the application either register the 
farm or reject the application: 

Provided  that  the  Authority  shall  not  reject  the  application  without  recording  the  reason  for  such 

rejection. 

(6)  The  Authority  shall,  after  registering  a  farm  under  sub-section  (5),  issue  a  certificate  of 

registration in the prescribed form to the person who has made the application for such registration. 

(7) In the case of a farm comprising more than two hectares of water spread area, no application for 
registration  to  commence  any  activity  connected  with  coastal  aquaculture  shall  be  considered  under     
sub-section (5) unless the Authority, after making such inquiry as it thinks fit, is satisfied that registration 
of such farm shall not be detrimental to the coastal environment. 

(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section,— 

(a) no coastal aquaculture shall be carried on within two hundred metres from High Tide Lines; 

and 

(b) no coastal aquaculture shall be carried on in creeks, rivers and backwaters within the Coastal 

Regulation  Zone  declared  for 
1986 (29 of 1986): 

the 

time  being  under 

the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,                      

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply in the case of a coastal aquaculture farm which is 
in existence on the appointed day and to the non-commercial and experimental coastal aquaculture farms 
operated  or  proposed  to  be  operated  by  any  research  institute  of  the  Government  or  funded  by  the 
Government: 

Provided  further  that  the  Authority  may,  for  the  purposes  of  providing  exemption  under  the  first 
proviso,  review  from  time  to  time  the  existence  and  activities  of  the  coastal  aquaculture  farms  and  the 
provisions of this section shall apply on coastal aquaculture farms in view of such review. 

Explanation.— For the purposes of this sub-section, “High Tide Line” means the line on the land up 

to which the highest water line reaches during the spring tide. 

(9) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, any traditional coastal aquaculture farm which 
lies  within the  Coastal  Regulation  Zone  declared  by  the  notification  of  the  Government  of  India  in the 
Ministry of Environment and Forest (Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife) No.S.O.114(E), 
dated the 19th February, 1991 and is not used for coastal aquaculture purposes on the appointed day shall 
be registered under sub-section (5) by producing before the Authority, by the person who is the owner of 
such farm, the documentary proof of such ownership failing which such farm shall not be registered under 
sub-section (5) and if such person after such registration does not utilise such farm, within one year, for 
coastal aquaculture purposes, the registration shall be cancelled by the Authority. 

(10)  A  person,  who  intends  to  renew  the  registration  of  a  farm  made  under  sub-section  (5)  or  in 
pursuance  of  sub-section  (9),  may  make  an  application  within  two  months  before  the  expiry  of  such 
registration  to  the  Authority  in  the  prescribed  form  accompanied  with  the  prescribed  fees  and  the 
Authority  shall,  after  receiving  such  application,  renew  the  registration  and  for  such  purpose  make  an 
entry with its seal on the registration certificate relating to such form issued under sub-section (6). 

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(11)  The  Authority  may  refuse  to  renew  the  registration  of  a  farm  under  sub-section  (10)  if  the 
Authority is satisfied that the person to whom such registration is made has failed to utilise such farm for 
coastal aquaculture purposes or without any reasonable cause has violated any provision of this Act or the 
rules  or  regulations  made  there  under  or  any  direction  or  order  made  by  the  Authority  in  pursuance  of 
section 11: 

Provided that such refusal to renew the registration shall not be made without providing such person 

an opportunity of being heard. 

Explanation 1.—For the purposes of this section, “appointed day” means the date of establishment of 

the Authority. 

Explanation  2.—For  the  removal  of  doubts,  it  is  hereby  declared  that the  expression  “to  renew  the 
registration”  used  in  sub-sections  (10)  and  (11)  shall  be  construed  to  include  further  renewal  of  the 
registration. 

14. Punishment for carrying on coastal aquaculture without registration.—If any person carries 
on  coastal  aquaculture or traditional  coastal aquaculture  or  causes the coastal  aquaculture  or  traditional 
coastal  aquaculture  to  be  carried  on  in  contravention  of  sub-section  (1)  of  section  13,  he  shall  be 
punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may extend 
to one lakh rupees, or with both. 

15. Cognizance of offence.—No court shall take cognizance of an offence under section 14 without a 

written complaint filed by an officer of the Authority authorised in this behalf by it. 

CHAPTER V 

FINANACE, ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT 

16.  Payment  to  Authority.—The  Central  Government  may,  after  due  appropriation  made  by 
Parliament,  by  law,  in  this  behalf,  pay  to  the  Authority  in  each  financial  year  such  sums  as  may  be 
considered necessary for the performance of functions of the Authority under this Act. 

17. Fund of Authority.—(1) The Authority shall have its own fund and all sums which may, from 
time to time, be paid to it by the Central Government and all the receipts of the Authority (including any 
sum which any State Government or any other authority or person may hand over to the Authority) shall 
be credited to the fund and all payments by the Authority shall be made therefrom. 

(2) All moneys belonging to the fund shall be deposited in such banks or invested in such manner as 

may, subject to the approval of the Central Government, be decided by the Authority. 

(3) The Authority may spend such sums as it thinks fit for performing its functions under this Act, 

and such sums shall be treated as expenditure payable out of the fund of the Authority. 

18.  Budget.—The  Authority  shall  prepare,  in  such  form  and  at  such  time  each  year  as  may  be 
prescribed,  a  budget,  in  respect  of  the  financial  year  next  ensuing,  showing  the  estimated  receipts  and 
expenditure and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the Central Government. 

19. Annual  report.—The Authority shall prepare once in every calendar year, in such form and at 
such time as may be prescribed an annual report giving a true and full account of its activities during the 
previous year and copies thereof shall be forwarded to the Central Government and that Government shall 
cause the same to be laid before both Houses of Parliament. 

20. Accounts and audit.—(1) The Authority shall cause to be maintained such books of account and 
other books in relation to its accounts in such form and in such manner as may, in consultation with the 
Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, be prescribed. 

(2) The Authority shall, as soon as may be, after closing its annual accounts, prepare a statement of 
accounts  in  such  form,  and  forward  the  same  to the Comptroller and  Auditor-General  of  India  by  such 
date, as the Central Government may, in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, 
determine. 

(3) The accounts of the Authority shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India at 

such times and in such manner as he thinks fit. 

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(4) The accounts of the Authority as certified by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India or any 
other  person  appointed  by  him  in  this  behalf  together  with  the  audit  report  thereon  shall  be  forwarded 
annually  to  the  Central  Government  and  that  Government  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  laid  before  both 
Houses of Parliament. 

CHAPTER VI 

MISCELLANEOUS 

21.  Chairperson  and  other  members,  officers  and  other  employees  of  Authority,  etc.,  to  be 
public  servants.—The  Chairperson  and  other  members  and  the  officers  and  other  employees  of  the 
Authority and the authority appointed by the Authority shall be deemed to be public servants within the 
meaning of section 21 of the India Penal Code (45 of 1860). 

22. Protection of action taken in good faith.—No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall 
lie  against  the  Central  Government  or  the  Authority  or  the  Chairperson  and  other  members  of  the 
Authority or the authority appointed by the Authority or any person authorised by the Authority or any 
officer authorised by the Chairperson for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in 
pursuance of this act or any rule or regulation or order made thereunder. 

23. Power to remove difficulties.—(1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of 
this Act, the Central Government may, by order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions, 
not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing 
the difficulty: 

Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of two years from the date of 

the commencement of this Act. 

(2) Every order made under this section shall, as soon as may be after it is made, be laid before each 

House of Parliament. 

24.  Power  of  Central  Government  to  make  rules.—(1)  The  Central  Government  may,  by 

notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this act. 

(2)  In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  powers,  such  rules  may 

provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a) the guidelines under section 3; 

(b) the salaries and allowances payable to, and the other terms and conditions of service of, the 

members under sub-section (5) of section 4; 

(c) the other functions of the Authority under clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 11; 

(d) the powers of a District Magistrate to be exercised by the authority under sub-section (2) of 

section 11; 

(e)  the  rules  subject  to  which  any  person  referred  to  in  section  12  may  enter  upon  any  coastal 

aquaculture land, pond, pen or enclosure under that section; 

(f) the other acts or things under clause (c) of section 12; 

(g)  the  form  of  application  and  the  fees  to  be  accompanied  therewith  under  sub-section  (4)  of 

section 13; 

(h) the manner of considering application under sub-section (5) of section 13; 

(i) the form of certificate of registration under sub-section (6) of section 13; 

(j)  the  form  of  application  and  the  fees  to  be  accompanied  therewith  under  sub-section  (10)  of 

section 13; 

(k) the form and time of preparing budget under section 18; 

(l) the form and time of preparing annual report under section 19; 

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(m)  the  books  of  account  and  other  books  to  be  maintained  in  relation  to  the  accounts  of  the 
Authority and the form and manner of maintaining such books of account and other books under sub-
section (1) of section 20; 

(n) any other matter which is required to be, or may be, prescribed. 

25.  Power  of  Authority  to  make  regulations.—(1)  The  Authority  may,  by  notification  in  the 
Official  Gazette,  make  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  and  the  rules  made 
thereunder to carry out the purposes of this Act. 

(2)  In  particular,  and  without  prejudice  to  the  generality  of  the  foregoing  powers,  such  regulations 

may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— 

(a)  the  times  and  places  of  the  meetings  of  the  Authority  and  the  rules  of  procedure  to  be 
observed  in  regard  to  the  transaction  of  business  at  its  meetings  (including  quorum  thereat)  under  
sub-section (1) of section 7; 

(b)  the  terms  and  conditions  of  appointment  of  the  officers  and  other  employees  under                     

sub-section (1) section 9; 

(c)  the  terms  and  conditions  of  appointment  of  adviser  or  consultant  under  sub-section  (2)  of 

section 9; 

(d) for the construction and operation of coastal aquaculture farms within the coastal areas under 

clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 11; 

(e) the form and conditions of registration under clause (c) of sub-section (3) of section 13; 

(f) generally for better regulation of the coastal aquaculture. 

26.  Rules  and  regulations  to  be  laid  before  Parliament.—Every  rule  and  every  regulation  made 
under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it 
is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more 
successive  sessions,  and  if,  before  the  expiry  of  the  session  immediately  following  the  session  or  the 
successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or regulation or 
both Houses agree that the rule or regulation should not be made, the rule or regulation shall thereafter 
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such 
modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under 
that rule or regulation. 

27. Validation.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (v) of sub-section (2) of section 3 
of  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  (29  of  1986)  or  clause  (d)  of  sub-rule  (3)  of  rule  5  of  the 
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of 
Environment and Forests (Department of Environment, Forests and Wildlife) No.  S.O.114(E), dated the 
19th  February,  1991  (hereafter  referred  to  in  this  section  as  the  said  notification),  in  paragraph  2,  after 
sub-paragraph (xiii), the  following  sub-paragraph shall  be  inserted  and  shall always  be  deemed  to  have 
been inserted with effect from the 19th day of February, 1991, namely:— 

“(xiv) nothing contained in this paragraph shall apply to coastal aquaculture.”. 

(2) The said notification shall have and shall be deemed always to have effect for all purposes as if 
the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  had  been  in  force  at  all  material  times  and  accordingly 
notwithstanding  anything  contained  in  any  judgment,  decree  or  order  of  any  court,  tribunal  or  other 
authority,  no  coastal  aquaculture  carried  on  or  undertaken  or  purporting  to  have  been  carried  on  or 
undertaken shall deemed to be in contravention of the said notification and shall be deemed to be and to 
have always been for all purposes in accordance with law, as if the foregoing provisions of this section 
had been in force at all material times and notwithstanding anything as aforesaid and without prejudice to 
the generality of the foregoing provisions, no suit or other proceeding shall be maintained or continued in 
any  court  for  the  enforcement  of any  direction  given  by  any  court  of  any  decree  or  order  directing  the 
removal  or  closure  of  any  coastal  aquaculture  farm's  activity  or  demolition  of  any  structure  connected 
thereunder which would not have been so required to be removed, closed or demolished if the foregoing 
provisions of this section had been in force at all material times. 

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